The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-11-02
Notes and Opinions.

THERE is increasing bitterness and
enmity between Germany and Russia.
THE Il. Y. of October 2Sth is received
and contents noted. We lay it aside
until we have more time to attend to
small affairs.
FREE-TRADERs cannot disprove the
proposition that protection has made
this country the greatest workshop in
the world. Troy Times.
THE Iowa supreme court, in an ap-
pealed case, has decided that railway
company cannot be compelled to trans
port beer in that state in contraven-
ton of the spirit of the prohibitory law.
THE southern view of the pension
question is expressed by the Memphis
Appeal (democratic) in the declaration
that it is nuisance, and that all pen
sions should be abolished except those
to pensioners helplessly wounded.
THE Cincinnati Price Currents an
alysis of the wheat crop makes the
stock on hand (both visible supply and
unmarketed reserve) on October LIST to
be 351 100000 bushels. This is 81
100000 bushels less than on the same
date last year. The corn supply in
sight is increasing.
THE two great speeches that will
carry Grover Cleveland's name thunder
ing down the ages are: % AT Gettys-
burg, when he said, " want to lunch"
(2) AT Nashville, Mrs. Polk, sit
down" Those speeches were orig
inal-no cyclopedia in them.-Cin-
cinnai Commercial Gazette.
THE laundering of the administra-
ton at Washington is shown afresh by
the action of the interior department in
throwing open improved lands of actual
settlers, purchased of the Northern
Pacific railroad, to new settlers, and
thus subjecting the owners to litigation
in defending their right to their
property.
IT is very true that the government
should not accumulate great surplus
in the treasury, but it is not true that
the people of the United States are
ground down and oppressed by ex-
cessive national taxation. How many
of the 60,000,0 900 people of this country
know that they are excessively taxed
unless the matter is explained to .hem
with columns of statistics?-Sprinqfeld
Union.
THE Pennington, Maine, branch of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union has withdrawn from the state
association because of the latter's en-
dorsement of the third-party prohibi-
tionists. This action is quite likely to
be taken by other branches elsewhere,
and forebodes no good to an organiza-
ton that has accomplished so much
outside of the field of politics for prac-
tical temperance.
WE do not believe in pinching boys,
if it can be helped, in their college ex-
penses; neither do we favor large al
lowances. More are injured by too
generous allowance than by too
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this line as in other expenditures.
What is needful for culture and COM
fort should be furnished, but beyond
that the allowance becomes hurtful.-
Presbyterian Observer.
JUSTICE FIELD of the United States
supreme court expresses the opinion
that the division of California into
two states is merely question of time.
He says that the northern and southern
portions are entirely unlike in popula-
ton, products and interests, and he
thinks that the day will come when a
majority of all the people in the state
will agree that it is best to separate
nto two commonwealth.
THE Records own impression is,
and has been for long time, that James
G, Blaine will be the republican NOM
inee next year. We do not see how it
can be otherwise, unless he absolutely
! refuses to have his name used, and that